Barzapharnes

Barzapharnes (76 BC-) was a Parthian general during the 1st century BC.

Biography
Barzapharnes commanded a Parthian invasion of the Levant in 40 BC, aided by Prince Pacorus I and the Roman rebel Quintus Labienus. Barzapharnes seized Syria from the Roman Republic and also captured Jerusalem, overthrowing Hyrcanus II and placing the Parthian puppet Antigonus II Mattathias on the throne. All of Judea except for Tyre was subjugated by Barzapharnes, but Herod the Great drove the Parthians out in 37 BC with Roman support, and Pacorus was killed in battle.